as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
deliberately chose to break the rules
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Recent Examples of deliberately
Speaking slowly and deliberately, the judge repeatedly tried to break down the legal issues behind Rocky’s pending anti-SLAPP motion.
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
The extent to which anybody else is aware of the time-loop is ambiguous; the ship’s skipper is an elderly man with no memory of his name, and at times it’s implied that the town has deliberately trapped these men.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
The abode is deliberately sculptural, with sweeping curves that echo the contours of the surrounding cliffs and emulate the rhythm of the Mediterranean below.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025
Her son in the film deliberately refuses to speak English with her, using language as a weapon.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
The extent to which anybody else is aware of the time-loop is ambiguous; the ship’s skipper is an elderly man with no memory of his name, and at times it’s implied that the town has deliberately trapped these men.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
The abode is deliberately sculptural, with sweeping curves that echo the contours of the surrounding cliffs and emulate the rhythm of the Mediterranean below.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025
Her son in the film deliberately refuses to speak English with her, using language as a weapon.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliberately
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Giants pitcher Justin Verlander, who had just allowed four straight batters to hit the ball at least 97 MPH, intentionally walked Shohei Ohtani.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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With a base open, Melvin elected to intentionally walk one MVP in Shohei Ohtani to get to another MVP in Betts.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The new 12-night journey will launch in the summer of 2027 aboard the company's ice-breaking Le Commandant Charcot ship and is purposely designed to meet demand for a shorter cruise that still celebrates polar exploration, Ponant shared with Travel + Leisure.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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Mile Elam, who had made the trip to West Tennessee from Bella Vista, Arkansas, purposely sat in a back row of the news conference as not to draw attention to himself.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
The Tennessean,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Deliberately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliberately. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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